In a warm, dimly lit room, a young girl faces their reflection in a mirror, gently adjusting a pink dress.

Memoria

Ross Vasallo 2025 0:16:28 Min Tagalog English Open Captions Philippines

Under the weight of religious expectation, a teenager sifts through layered memories and reflections until they finally see the person they have always been.

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Synopsis

Mori, a teenager living under the strict expectations of their devout Catholic mother, begins to unravel their sense of self through a series of fragmented memories and inner reflections. Mori is drawn into a symbolic journey that explores the layered and nonlinear process of understanding their transmasculine identity. The film weaves together past and present to show how identity is shaped by accumulated experiences and is culminated in a moment of quiet clarity as Mori sees an idealized reflection of who they truly are.

Screenings

ENCORE: Queer Asian World Cinema

Watch anytime between September 11-21. A dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective…

Friday, September 11, 2026

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Online Encore ENCORE: Queer Asian World Cinema

Queer Asian World Cinema at Chinese Culture Center

A dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence.

Saturday, July 4, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Satellite Screening Queer Asian World Cinema at Chinese Culture Center

Queer Asian World Cinema at Oakland Asian Cultural Center

Eight films moving between memory, diaspora, and dream where identity flickers, stretches, and insists on being seen.

Friday, May 22, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

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Satellite Screening Queer Asian World Cinema at Oakland Asian Cultural Center

Queer Asian World Cinema at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Deep connections to Asian American lineages. A dance floor turned into history. Seeking acceptance from family. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto…

Sunday, May 3, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Satellite Screening Queer Asian World Cinema at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Content Warnings

Sexism

Specific Themes

Families Gender nonconforming

Credits

Director: Ross Vasallo
Screenwriter: Ross Vasallo
Producer: Alexis Guevara
Cast: Eyn Matorres, Ma. Christina Arca Simon

About Filmmaker(s)

Ross Vasallo is a queer Filipino filmmaker and Film graduate of the University of the Philippines. Their past works, Sa Muling Pagkikita (2024) and Memoria (2025), center transmasculine narratives that explore identity and becoming. Grounded in lived experience, their films aim to expand the limited representation of transmasculine lives in Philippine cinema.

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